Gate News Bot Message, January 26, 2026. According to CoinMarketCap market data, the cryptocurrency market shows mixed gains and losses, with precious metal tokenized assets performing steadily, while emerging DeFi projects demonstrate strong upward momentum. The following are the top five cryptocurrencies by 24-hour percentage increase:
1️⃣ RIVER (River)
📈 Current Price: $75.31 | Change: +28.27%
📊 24H High/Low: $78.98 / $53.86 | Market Cap: $147.6 million
💡 As the core project of the chain-abstracted stablecoin system, River recently received $12 million in strategic funding from institutions such as TRON DAO and Maelstrom Fund. Its stablecoin satUSD has formed a strategic partnership with Sui, further expanding multi-chain ecosystem deployment. Continuous feature iterations attract market attention and drive strong price appreciation.
2️⃣ XAUT (Tether Gold)
📈 Current Price: $5076.88 | Change: +1.00%
📊 24H High/Low: $5085.71 / $5013.32 | Market Cap: $2.2348 billion
💡 The tokenized gold sector performs strongly overall, with spot gold continuing to hit record highs, surpassing $4980 per ounce. Institutional and whale investors continue large-scale purchases of XAUT, reflecting strong demand for physical gold-backed tokenized assets. Central banks increasing gold holdings have become a significant driving factor.
3️⃣ PAXG (PAX Gold)
📈 Current Price: $5105.95 | Change: +0.79%
📊 24H High/Low: $5114.90 / $5038.93 | Market Cap: $2.0551 billion
💡 PAX Gold, as an important tokenized gold product, benefits from the record high in spot gold prices. The on-chain gold token PAXG’s largest long position is leveraged 5x, with unrealized gains exceeding $700,000. Contract holdings reach $71.99 million, and market participation continues to grow.
4️⃣ IP (Story)
📈 Current Price: $2.36 | Change: +1.96%
📊 24H High/Low: $2.37 / $2.07 | Market Cap: $826 million
💡 The Story project maintains a stable upward trend, with market activity remaining active. Continuous accumulation by market makers like Wintermute indicates positive market sentiment, though the gains are moderate, reflecting a rational market outlook.
5️⃣ LEO (UNUS SED LEO)
📈 Current Price: $9.02 | Change: +0.38%
📊 24H High/Low: $9.03 / $8.95 | Market Cap: $8.3156 billion
💡 As an exchange token, LEO has shown stable recent performance, reflecting overall market stability. As one of the largest market cap exchange tokens, its steady growth aligns with market fundamentals, and investor risk appetite remains relatively balanced.
📊 Market Summary: The current market shows a divided trend, with precious metal tokenized assets (XAUT, PAXG) continuing to benefit from record-high spot gold prices. Institutional large-scale accumulation has driven this sector upward. Meanwhile, DeFi innovative projects like River have achieved strong gains through strategic funding and ecosystem expansion, becoming new market hotspots. Overall, market focus is shifting from macro factors to project fundamentals and ecosystem protocol innovations. Investors should closely monitor gold price trends, DeFi project developments, and institutional movements.
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